Ep 85: Antulio J. Echevarria on Jomini (New Makers of Modern Strategy #9)

School of War · Aug 15, 2023 · 35m

Antulio J. Echevarria, General Douglas MacArthur Chair of Research at the U.S. Army War College and a contributor to New Makers of Modern Strategy, joins the show to talk about one of the most influential military thinkers of the modern age, Antoine-Henri Jomini.

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• 01:55 Introduction

• 02:22 Who was Jomini?

• 06:13 A charlatan?

• 08:57 Summary of the Art of War

• 11:50 Clausewitz vs Jomini

• 14:26 The center of gravity

• 16:03 Lines of operation

• 21:21 Regard for the enemy

• 24:44 Interpreting Napoleon

• 28:09 Mahan and Jomini

• 30:47 Air power

• 31:55 Clausewitz revival

• 34:02…